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Arycanda (Antiquity), Lower Agora |
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Ephesus (Antiquity), Commercial Agora (Tetragonos) |
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The Commercial (Tetragonos) Agora of Ephesus dates from the period the city was refounded by Augustus and succeeded the respective administrative Agora of Hellenistic Ephesus. It was near the harbour and served as the commercial centre of the city. It included a square court closed on all sides by colonnades, behind which laid shops and workshops. The best preserved gate was on the southern side and had been dedicated by two wealthy Imperial freedmen, Mazaeus and Mithradates, in 3 or 2 BC.... |
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Side (Antiquity), Market and Round Temple |
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The commercial agora of Side was founded in direct contact with the theatre; it was thus situated at a central position within the city. It is dated in the 2nd century A.D. It forms a typical example of a peristyle agora, as it comprised a square around which were spread porticos and shops. In the square there was a round building: it has been suggested that it constituted a temple for Tyche, as a similar building is depicted on the city coins. |
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